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eBay made a significant push this week with its Green Shopping Website, trying to encourage consumers to purchase second-hand items over new ones.

In the western state of Jalisco, 65 000 hectares of sugar cane have been set aside by the Mexican government to be used for biofuel production.

This coincides with the government's invitation for tenders to join a contract that will see 176 million liters of ethanol to be used as transport fuel in an attempt to drastically reduce the country's carbon emissions.

In the auto industry's continuous race towards fuel efficiency, Nissan (OTC:NSANY) hopes to impress the energy conscious masses with its new electric vehicle, Leaf

Obama's early accomplishment of uniting auto-makers, workers, environmentalists, and governors to implement stringent fuel-economy standards for vehicles is only the beginning of a potential uphill battle for climate reform.